Sec. 142. Fire suppressant and fuel containment standards for certain vehicles
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The Secretary of the Army shall issue guidance regarding fire suppressant and fuel containment standards for covered vehicles of the Army. The Secretary of the Navy shall issue guidance regarding fire suppressant and fuel containment standards for covered vehicles of the Marine Corps. The guidance regarding fire suppressant and fuel containment standards issued pursuant to subsection
(a)shall— meet the survivability requirements applicable to each class of covered vehicles; include standards for vehicle armor, vehicle fire suppression systems, and fuel containment technologies in covered vehicles; and balance cost, survivability, and mobility. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy shall each submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes— the policy guidance established pursuant to subsection (a), set forth separately for each class of covered vehicle; and any other information the Secretaries determine to be appropriate. In this section, the term covered vehicles means ground vehicles acquired on or after October 1, 2018, under a major defense acquisition program (as such term is defined in section 2430 of title 10, United States Code), including light tactical vehicles, medium tactical vehicles, heavy tactical vehicles, and ground combat vehicles.